Shawl-strap



M. RUBIN.

SHAWL STRAP.

(No Model.)

No. 289,564. Patented D50. 4, 1883.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY S UNITE STATES "PATENT @rricn.

MAX RUBIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SH AW L STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 289,564,6[315661 December 4, 1883. Application filed October 17. 1883. (No model.)

ing'main bar having end standards with in wardly-bent U shaped guards. The guards and standards support in suitable bearings an axially-turning handle provided with fixed and flattened end shanks, to which looped straps are applied by clamping staples or clasps, said looped straps being guided in'slots of the sup porting main bar, and applied tightly to the package tobe carried by turning the handle and winding the straps around the end shanks of the same;

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved shawlstrap. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section ofthe same on line m, Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail sections, showing, respectively, the attachment of the looped straps to the flattened shanks of the handle by means of clasps or staples.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A in the drawings represents the1support ing main bar of my improved shawl-strap.

The bar A is made of suitablelength and width, and provided at itsendswith upwardly-bent standards B. The upper ends of the standards B are first bent inwardly and then downwardly, so as to form guards B of inverted- U shape. The standards B B and guards I B B are provided with perforations, which form the bearings for'the flattened shanks G of the handle 0, said shanksbeing firmly driven into the ends of the handle, andprovided with enlargedheads d d at their outer ends. To thefiattened shanks O are applied loopedstraps E, of leather, webbing, or other suitable material, which are rigidly clamped thereto by clasps or staples e, that are first pierced through the loops and then bent tightly around the shanks and loops, asshown clearly in Figs. 3 and 4. The clamping clasps or staples c 6 hold the straps rigidly and se curely on the shanks. The strapsEE are guided in slots of the main bar A, as customary in shawl-straps of this class, and are pro vided at their ends with links f, that act as stops and prevent the pulling out of the straps from the bar A. As the handle 0 is capableof axial motion in the bearings of the standards B and the guards B, the straps E E can be readily wound upon the shanks of the handle and applied tightly to the package to be to the guard 13, and adapted to'engage a fixed ratchet. F, at the end of the handle The pawl F is preferably pivoted to the guard B, above the ratchet F, and thrown into engagement with the same by a spring, F, that acts upon the heel of the pawl F. When the pawl Fis disengaged from the ratchet F and thrown into upright position, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 2, the spring F engages the opposite side of the heel of the pawl F and retains this in position, so that the handle can be turned and the straps unwound without difficulty, so as to remove the article carried by the straps.

For carrying the package, the straps are applied aroundthe same. The handle is then turned around its axis until the straps. bind tightly onthe'package. The pawl is then dropped into the ratchet, and thereby. the

package is firmly held by the straps and convenientlycarried by the handle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of a main bar, A, having end standards, B, and inwardly-bent guards H B, an axially-turning handle, O.having fiattened end shanks, C, turning in bearings of In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my 1131116311 presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

. MAX RUBIN. Witnesses:

CARL KARP, SIDNEY MANN. 

